UNESCO Education Sector The Global Education 2030 Agenda Education is UNESCO’s top priority because it UNESCO, as the United Nations’ specialized is a basic human right and the foundation on agency for education, is entrusted to lead and which to build peace and drive sustainable coordinate the Education 2030 Agenda, which is development. UNESCO is the United Nations’ part of a global movement to eradicate poverty specialized agency for education and the through 17 Sustainable Development Goals by Education Sector provides global and 2030. Education, essential to achieve all of these regional leadership in education, strengthens goals, has its own dedicated Goal 4, which aims to national education systems and responds “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education to contemporary global challenges through and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” education with a special focus on gender The Education 2030 Framework for Action provides equality and Africa. guidance for the implementation of this ambitious goal and commitments. Integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Teacher Education in South-East Asia A Guide for Teacher Educators Published in 2018 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France and UNESCO Bangkok Office © UNESCO 2018 This publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/). 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Project co-ordinator: Ushio Miura Production co-ordinator: Sirisak Chaiyasook Copy-editor: Daniel Philip Calderbank Graphic designer and cover photo: Warren Field TH/C4-3413/EISD/18/034-E TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents List of figures ........................................................................................................................................................................................4 List of tables ..........................................................................................................................................................................................5 List of boxes ..........................................................................................................................................................................................5 Acronyms ...............................................................................................................................................................................................6 Foreword ...............................................................................................................................................................................................7 Acknowledgements .........................................................................................................................................................................8 PART I ESD Integration in Teacher Education ..................................................................... 9 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................................10 1.1 The ESD integration guidebook: what does it aim to achieve? ................................................................10 1.2 How to use the guidebook ............................................................................................................................................10 1.3 Structure and content: a preview ................................................................................................................................11 2 Education for Sustainable Development: An Overview ................................................................... 13 2.1 Understanding ESD ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 2.1.1 What is sustainable development? ............................................................................................................... 13 2.1.2 What is ESD? ...............................................................................................................................................................16 2.2 Integrating ESD in teacher education ...................................................................................................................... 17 2.2.1 What is ESD integration? ..................................................................................................................................... 17 2.2.2 ESD integration framework ...............................................................................................................................18 2.3 Action research approach to ESD integration .....................................................................................................20 Part II Guide to an Action Research Approach to ESD Integration .................. 24 3 Reflect ................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 3.1 Conducting a baseline survey ......................................................................................................................................26 3.2 Engaging your colleagues...............................................................................................................................................27 3.3 Celebrating existing knowledge and practice....................................................................................................27 3.4 Lessons from practice ........................................................................................................................................................27 4 Plan ........................................................................................................................................................................................................31 4.1 Developing a shared vision ............................................................................................................................................31 4.2 Stakeholder mapping ........................................................................................................................................................32 4.3 Action planning .....................................................................................................................................................................32 4.4 Lessons from practice ........................................................................................................................................................32 5 Act and Observe .......................................................................................................................................................................34 5.1 Identifying and overcoming blocks to change ..................................................................................................34 5.2 Observing the change process ....................................................................................................................................38 6 Evaluate ............................................................................................................................................................................................40 6.1 Evaluating ESD integration in institutions..............................................................................................................40 6.2 Evaluating Teacher ESD Competencies...................................................................................................................42 7 Disseminate ..................................................................................................................................................................................43 7.1 Outreach ESD Integration Workshops .....................................................................................................................43 7.2 Building a movement for change...............................................................................................................................44 7.3 Lessons from practice ........................................................................................................................................................44 Integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Teacher Education in South-East Asia: A Guide for Teacher Educators Annexes ANNEX 1: Sample learning activities ...................................................................................................................46 ANNEX 2: ESD integration tools